Get the Golden Shovel by getting recipes and doing some challenging tasks in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH). Check out our guide below to find out what you need to unlock and craft the Golden Shovel!
| All Golden Tools | ||
|---|---|---|
 Golden Axe |
 Golden Shovel |
 Golden Net |
 Golden Fishing Rod |
 Golden Watering Can |
 Golden Slingshot |
List of Contents
| Step | Instruction |
|---|---|
| 1 | Help Gulliver 30 times. |
| 2 | Open your mailbox. |
Occasionally, Gulliver will wash up on the shore of your island needing to be rescued. After you've rescued Gulliver 30 times, he'll send you the DIY Recipe for the Golden Shovel.
How to Help Gulliver the Seagull
Translation: “Thank you for helping me so many times! As thanks, I want to send you this Very Very Rare Golden Shovel DIY Recipe! Hope it helps out!”
After helping Gulliver, access your mailbox the next day. You'll receive a letter from Gulliver containing the Golden Shovel DIY Recipe!
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Golden Shovel
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| Sell Price | 10675 |
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| Durability | 200 Uses |
| Needed Materials | Amount |
|---|---|
 Gold Nugget
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1 |
 Shovel
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1 |
Don't forget that a rare Gold Nugget is required to make a Golden Shovel. Make sure you know how to get your hands on one of these first before trying to craft the Golden Shovel.
Translation: “Oh no! The Golden Shovel broke! Guess I wore it out...”
Unlike previous games in the series, it's been confirmed that the Golden Shovel can break. Based on our tests, the Golden Shovel breaks after around 200 strikes so currently, it doesn't appear to be significantly worth the effort to upgrade.
Hovever, it can be used as a cool decoration to flex up your tools!
In previous games, the Golden Shovel had the unique ability to create a Money Tree by planting a Bell Bag anywhere in the ground. According to our tests, this doesn't seem to work in New Horizons.
When compared to other Shovels, the Golden Shovel doesn't seem to be any faster at digging or hitting rocks.
| Head Back to List of Tools |
| All Shovels | |
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 Flimsy Shovel
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Shovel
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Golden Shovel
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Same dude!!! I don’t get it, I’m TT but I don’t see how that matters I’ve definitely helped 30 times
How to Get the Golden Shovel DIY Recipe
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durability. the metal shovel has 100 uses, while the golden shovel has 200 uses. I wish it was still possible to do the instant money trees though or if they brought gems back or something 😅